TNGNQ (Tengion) Tax Rate %: 0.00% (As of Sep. 2014)

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What is Tengion Tax Rate %?

Tengion TNGNQ Tax Rate % is 0.00% as of Sep. 2014.

Tax Rate % is calculated as Tax Expense divided by its Pre-Tax Income. Tengion's Tax Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2014 was $0.00 Mil. Tengion's Pre-Tax Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2014 was $-18.35 Mil. Therefore, Tengion's Tax Rate % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was 0.00%.

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Tengion Tax Rate % Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Tengion's Tax Rate % can be seen below:

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Tengion Tax Rate % Chart

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Tengion Tax Rate % Calculation

Tax Rate % is the ratio of tax expense divided by pretax income, usually presented in percent.

Tengion's Tax Rate % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Tax Rate %=Tax Expense (A: Dec. 2013 )/Pre-Tax Income (A: Dec. 2013 )
=0/-18.927
=0.00 %

Tengion's Tax Rate % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as

Tax Rate %=Tax Expense (Q: Sep. 2014 )/Pre-Tax Income (Q: Sep. 2014 )
=0/-18.352
=0.00 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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What does a Tax Rate % of 0.00% mean?
Tengion (TNGNQ) has a Tax Rate % of 0.00% as of Sep. 2014.
Is Tengion's Tax Rate % too high?
Tengion's current Tax Rate % is 0.00%.
How does Tengion's Tax Rate % compare to VITIF and HSTC?
Tengion's Tax Rate % of 0.00% can be compared against companies in the Biotechnology industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Tax Rate % for a Biotechnology company?
A good Tax Rate % depends on the Biotechnology industry context. However, Tax Rate % should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Tax Rate % mean?
A high Tax Rate % can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Tengion's current Tax Rate % is 0.00%. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Tengion stock overvalued right now?
Tengion (TNGNQ) has a current Tax Rate % of 0.00%. The current Tax Rate % is 0.00%. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Tax Rate % calculated?
Tax Rate % is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Tengion (TNGNQ), the current Tax Rate % is 0.00% as of Sep. 2014. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Tengion Business Description

Address 3929 Westpoint Boulevard, Suite G, Winston-Salem, NC, USA, 27103
Tengion Inc is a regenerative medicine company. The company is engaged in discovering, manufacturing and commercializing neo-organs, or products composed of living cells, with or without synthetic or natural materials, implanted or injected into the body to engraft into, regenerate, or replace damaged tissue or organ. Its product candidates seek to eliminate the need to utilize other tissues of the body for a purpose to which they are poorly suited, procure donor organs or administer anti-rejection medications. The company's solution Neo-Kidney Augment is based on its proprietary technology, which uses tubular epithelial cells, procured by a cortical biopsy of the patient's kidney, to create an injectable product candidate that can catalyze the regeneration of functional kidney tissue.